Joseph B. Ard and Mary C. Lytle

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Husband Joseph B. Ard ¹

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           Born: Abt 1840
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         Father: George Ard (1814-1892) 2
         Mother: Emeline Harvey (      -1846) 3

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       Marriage: 1885 3

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Wife Mary C. Lytle ³

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         Father: Piersol Lytle (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Lydia [Unk] (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 U [Infant] Ard ³

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2 M [Unk] Ard

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           Born: 16 Aug 1893 3
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General Notes: Husband - Joseph B. Ard

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Being left without a mother's tender care at an early age, he and his brother, Wilson P., were placed by their father in school at McVeytown, on the Juniata river, near Lewistown, Pennsylvania, where they remained some five years, and were subsequently students in the Pine Grove Mills Academy for the same length of time, there completing their literary educations. On leaving the school room J. B. entered a store as clerk, where he was employed for two years, and then held a similar position in the dry-goods establishment of Cooper & Conard, of Philadelphia. In 1864 he took a course in Pollock's Mercantile College. Returning to Pine Grove Mills, he, in 1868, established himself in mercantile business, which he successfully carried on until 1871, when he disposed of his business, and thereafter gave his attention to merchant milling.
In politics, Mr. Ard was a stalwart Democrat, and in religious was inclined toward the Presbyterian doctrine, to which his wife adhered.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 140, 403.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 139, 403.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 403.